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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 8302397" data-attributes="member: 7015332">What if your patron isn't Asmodeus, but a lower level fiend? And what if the price of the pact isn't surrendering ownership of your soul, but something more mundane, or even frivolous?Example: the iconic tiefling in the 5e PHB, Farideh, was a Warlock who accidentally made a pact with Lorcan, a cambion from Malbolge who was basically the Baatorian equivalent of a fast food store manager (exaggeration, but he was by no means a big deal in Baator due to being half-mortal). Lorcan asked for nothing in return for his patronage; his goal in making a pact with Farideh was to complete his set of Toril 13, tieflings descended from the thirteen Warlocks who aided in Asmodeus's apotheosis during the Spellplague. His subsequent attempts in contacting Farideh were either to teach her new spells or to ask for her help whenever he got in trouble with Infernal politics.Note that Lorcan himself wasn't the source of Farideh's powers. Rather, by establishing a pact between himself and Farideh, he could act as a conduit between Baator and the Material Plane and channel planar energy to Farideh for her to use as fuel for her magic. When Farideh eventually breaks the pact with Lorcan, the conduit is also severed and she loses her Warlock abilities.</blockquote>